Craig Crawford
Craig Crawford
is one of Washington DC’s most popular pundits. His wit and
wisdom
are featured almost daily on national television and radio
programs.
Crawford is a contributor under contract appearing
regularly for
“The Early Show” on CBS, on cable television for CNBC and
MSNBC, and
on radio for the CBS Network. He is frequently
interviewed for
political reports on the NBC “Nightly News” and the
CBS “Evening
News.”
Once a week during the 2004 presidential campaign,
Crawford’s unique
insights and humorous style informed and entertained 15
million
radio listeners on “Imus In The Morning,” the popular
nationwide
radio program hosted by the legendary Don Imus on CBS radio
stations
and simulcast on MSBNC.
“I love this guy,” Imus said on the air after one of
Crawford’s
quirky reports from the campaign road. “He’s naturally
funny, and
smart.”
Since early 2003, Crawford has covered the campaign for
this year’s
presidential election, traveling around the country writing
a
lively, non-partisan column – “White House Trail Mix” –
that appears
Fridays in CQ Today, published by Congressional
Quarterly,
Capitol Hill’s leading news source.
Before joining Congressional Quarterly, Crawford
ran The
Hotline for six years, 1997 to 2003. Under
Crawford’s
leadership, The Hotline – a daily online political
briefing
published by the National Journal Group – became an
institution in
the campaign universe. The Washington Post labeled
Crawford “one
of the capital's most celebrated journalists” in a profile
published May 18, 2000.
Crawford’s book, Attack the Messenger, will be
published by
Rowman & Littlefield in 2005.
Crawford arrived in Washington in 1989 as a reporter for
the
Orlando Sentinel. He was the newspaper’s Washington
bureau chief
from 1989 to 1997. Before becoming a journalist, he served
in 1984
as the Alabama State Field Director for the John Glenn
presidential
primary campaign, and the Georgia State Field Director for
the
Mondale/Ferraro general election campaign.
Born in Owensboro, Kentucky during the Eisenhower
administration,
Crawford was raised in Orlando, Florida, graduating from
Stetson
University in DeLand and its law school on Florida’s Gulf
Coast. He
practiced law in Orlando until 1984 and, although no longer
practicing, is still a licensed attorney in the Florida Bar.
Joined Congressional Quarterly in March 2003; MSNBC/CNBC
(2002-present); CBS News (2000-present); The Hotline (1997-
2003);
Orlando Sentinel Washington DC Bureau Chief (1989-1997);
Orlando
Sentinel legal columnist, political reporter (1985-1989);
Mondale/Ferraro general election campaign, GA State Field
Director
(1984); John Glenn Presidential primary campaign, AL State
Field
Director (1984); Lawyer specializing in product liability,
Orlando,
FL (1981-1984), currently a member of The Florida Bar;
White House
Special Assistant, Media Liaison (1977); U.S. Senate Page
(1972);
B.A., Stetson University, DeLand, FL, 1978; Juris Doctor,
Stetson
College of Law, St. Petersburg, FL, 1981.
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Series
Books:Listen Up, Mr. President, October 2009
Hardcover
Attack the Messenger: How Politicans Turn you Against Media, September 2005
Hardcover
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